Have you ever seen glycerin, glycerine or glycerol listed in the ingredients of any of your skin care products? Have you ever wondered what it was doing there? A Little Background First, glycerin, glycerine, and glycerol are used interchangeably, and they all are the same when it comes to skincare. It is colorless, odorless and sweet-tasting. In fact, it is derived from the Greek word glyko which means “sweet”. It was discovered by a Swedish chemist named Carl Wilhelm Scheele in the late 1700’s and Proctor and Gamble started producing it…

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